1. Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by New York Yankees - 1997
2. "Gin Game," closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 144 performances - 1997
3. Pittsburgh Senior Golf Classic - 1997
4. Scott Hoch wins Greater Milwaukee Golf Open with a 26807721201 - 1997
5. Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia and Latvia - 1994
6. Northern Ireland Sinn Fein proclaims ceases-fire - 1994
7. Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings - 1993
8. Venezuela president Carlos Perez flees - 1993
9. 44th Emmy Awards: Northern Exposure, Christopher Lloyd and Dana Delane - 1992
10. Dynamite explosion in Philipines mine; 500 die - 1992
11. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Cleveland OH on WNCX 98.5 FM - 1992
12. Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3 - 1991
13. Jan Berry (Jan and Dean) weds Gertie Filip - 1991
14. Richard J. Kerr, ends term as deputy director of CIA - 1991
15. Rockies bat out of order against Expos in 1st inning - 1991
16. William H. Webster, ends term as 14th director of CIA - 1991
17. Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season - 1990
18. East and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems - 1990
19. Ken Griffey Sr &, Jr. are 1st father and son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Mariners - 1990
20. Aeromexico DC-9 collides over LA, 82 die (15 on the ground) - 1989
21. 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins - 1988
22. Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents - 1988
23. Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches - 1988
24. Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385) - 1987
25. Michael Jacskon's "Bad" video premieres on CBS TV - 1987
26. South Africa longest mine strike in history ends - 1987
27. Aeromexico DC-9 and small plane collide in LA, killing 82 - 1986
28. Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die - 1986
29. Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M - 1985
30. "Prakas" sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Ill - 1985
31. Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavywgt boxing title - 1984
32. Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz - 1983
33. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1982
34. Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, vs. England at Lord's - 1981
35. Royals manager Jim Frey is fired and replaced by Dick Howser - 1981
36. 80th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Hal Sutton - 1980
37. "Oklahoma!" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 301 performances - 1980
38. Poland's Solidarity labor union forms - 1980
39. 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at U.S. Open - 1979
40. Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with Sun - 1979
41. Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as United Nations ambassador - 1979
42. Phillies replaces manager Danny Ozark with Dallas Green - 1979
43. Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka - 1978
44. Emily and William Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst - 1978
45. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1978
46. Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125,524') - 1977
47. Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote - 1977
48. Spyros Kyprianou appointed president of Cyprus - 1977
49. George Harrison found guilty of plagurizing "My Sweet Lord" - 1976
50. Mexican peso devalued - 1976
51. Trinidad and Tobago adopts constitution - 1976
52. Waldemar Cierpinski wins 18th Olympics Marathon (2:09:55.0) - 1976
53. Former Teamsters' president James Hoffa reported missing - 1975
54. 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman) - 1973
55. PBA National Championship Won by Earl Anthony - 1973
56. Lasse Viren runs Olympic/world record 10,000m (27:38.4) - 1972
57. Olga Korbut, U.S.S.R., wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics - 1972
58. Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30) - 1971
59. Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on Moon - 1971
60. 59th Davis Cup: USA beats Germany in Cleveland (5-0) - 1970
61. Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted - 1970
62. Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar - 1970
63. Peter Yarrow arrested for taking "immoral liberties" with girl, 14 - 1970
64. WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1970
65. 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival - 1969
66. 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran - 1968
67. 68th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Bruce Fleisher - 1968
68. Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on cover - 1968
69. Roy Face ties W Johnson's record of 802 pitching appearances with club - 1968
70. Verne Gagne beats Dick Beyers (Dr. X) in Minn, to become NWA champ - 1968
71. Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria) - 1966
72. House of Representatives joins Senate establish Department of Housing and Urban Develop - 1965
73. Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels - 1964
74. Trinidad and Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day) - 1962
75. Amsterdam National Ballet forms - 1961
76. Agricultural Hall of Fame forms - 1960
77. 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2) - 1959
78. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open - 1959
79. Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game - 1959
80. Malayasia (formerly Malaya) gains independence from Britain - 1957
81. 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Texas) - 1955
82. 1st solar automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Illinois - 1955
83. KTRE TV channel 9 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting - 1955
84. Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die - 1954
85. Indians beat Yanks 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A's) - 1954
86. WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins - 1954
87. KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
88. WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins - 1953
89. 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf - 1951
90. Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 home runs and a single in a game vs Braves - 1950
91. Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 50th jubilee - 1948
92. Hungarian Communist Party wins election - 1947
93. New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221) - 1947
94. Allied offensive at "Gothen-linie," Italy - 1944
95. French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris - 1944
96. French troops liberate Bordeaux - 1944
97. Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest - 1944
98. 1st battle of Essex/new Yorktown: U.S. assault on Marcus Island - 1943
99. Japanse occupiers intern Jewish Congregation of Sorabajo - 1943
100. Battle at Alam Halfa: German and Italians assault - 1942
101. U boats sunk this month 108 ships (544,000 ton) - 1942
102. 23 U-boats sunk this month (80,000 ton) - 1941
103. Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee and Molly debuts on NBC - 1941
104. 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands - 1940
105. 56 U-boats sunk this month (268,000 ton) - 1940
106. Fighter Command loses 39/Luftwaffe 41 airplanes - 1940
107. German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration - 1940
108. U.S. National Guard assembles - 1940
109. Japanese invasion army driven out of Mongolia - 1939
110. Staged "Polish" assault on radio station in Gleiwitz - 1939
111. 5th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 28, Washington 16 (74,250) - 1938
112. Det's rookie Rudy York sets record for home runs of 18 home runs in August - 1937
113. 1st national skeet championship (Indianapolis) - 1935
114. Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleveland Indians, 5-0 - 1935
115. Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act prohibiting export of U.S. arms to belligerents - 1935
116. Russian Aleksei Stachanov digs 6 hours, 105 tons of cabbages - 1935
117. White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Indians 5-0 - 1935
118. 1st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 0, All-Stars 0 (79,432) - 1934
119. Brecht and Weils "Dreigroschenoper" premieres - 1928
120. Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:06.2) - 1924
121. League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German) - 1923
122. Mussolini's troops occupy Korfu - 1923
123. Belgium starts paying old age pensions - 1920
124. Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air - 1920
125. John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago - 1919
126. Petlyura's Ukrainian Army kills 35 members of a Jewish defense group - 1919
127. Ukranian (Petlyura) Army recaptures Kiev - 1919
128. Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) - 1918
129. Oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London - 1916
130. Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits New York Giants, 2-0 - 1915
131. 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan, state record - 1914
132. General von Kluck decides not to attack Paris - 1914
133. German troops reconquer Soldau/Neidenburg East-Prussia - 1914
134. Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die) - 1914
135. Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands - 1913
136. Anthony Fokker's demonstrates aircraft "Snip" - 1911
137. A. J. Reach Co. patents cork-centered baseball - 1909
138. Thure Johnstown wins Stockholm marathon (2:40:34.2) - 1909
139. Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet - 1907
140. England, Russia and France form Triple Entente - 1907
141. 25th U.S. Mens Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (62 61 119) - 1905
142. Mbunga-rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East-Africa - 1905
143. Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month - 1903
144. Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs. Adolph Landeburg (horse rider) - 1902
145. British troops over run Johannesburg - 1900
146. Dodgers' Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies - 1900
147. General Kitchener occupies Berber, North of Khartoum - 1897
148. Thomas Edison patented his movie camera (Kinetograph) - 1897
149. Louis Napoleon Parker's "Rosemary," premieres in New York City - 1896
150. 1st pro football game (QB John Brallier paid $10 and won 12-0) - 1895
151. Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases - 1894
152. Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Cardboard Box" - 1889
153. Thomas A. Edison patents Kinetoscope, produces moving pictures - 1887
154. 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern U.S., at Charleston SC, 110 die - 1886
155. Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized - 1886
156. 1st U.S. men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI) - 1881
157. Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Jonesboro Georgia, 1900 casualties - 1864
158. Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate - 1843
159. Micah Rugg patents a nuts and bolts machine - 1842
160. U.S. Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress - 1842
161. HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands - 1836
162. Opera "Guillaume Tell" is produced (Paris) - 1829
163. British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution - 1778
164. Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica - 1772
165. English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India - 1751
166. Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland - 1745
167. Pope Paul II deposed and excommunicated King Henry VIII - 1535
168. German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia - 1310
169. Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice - 1230
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